James said: "It wasn't the most spectacular of wins but it was good to see the players getting a clean sheet after going down to ten men. There have been some questions marks about the durability of this team and although they had a sucker punch against Barnsley last week, what happened out there, they had to hang on against a very pacy Oldham attack. They played with a combative steak last week and I think this (win against Oldham) answered the question about that aspect of Sheffield United at present."

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